Plans for new Parkdale Mall stores downsized

Dick's Sporting Goods is entering Houston for the first time with 10 stores including the Baybrook Mall location.

Dick's Sporting Goods is entering Houston for the first time with 10 stores including the Baybrook Mall location.

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Dick's Sporting Goods is entering Houston for the first time with 10 stores including the Baybrook Mall location.

Dick's Sporting Goods is entering Houston for the first time with 10 stores including the Baybrook Mall location.

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Plans for new Parkdale Mall stores downsized

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Three new stores are expected to open at Parkdale Mall according to plans under review by the city, down from four that were proposed in plans submitted earlier this year.

In a demolition plan submitted on May 29, CBL and Associates, the owners of Parkdale Mall, proposed a 45,503-square foot Dick's Sporting Goods Store, which will fill part of the space left empty when Macy's closed its Beaumont location in March 2017.

CBL will oversee internal demolition on the space and to the former Ashley HomeStore, which moved to a free-standing location on Dowlen.

In December 2017, Dick's requested a permit for renovations at Parkdale Mall that included a combined Dick's and Field & Stream, which the company said at the time would cover more than 71,000 square feet.

The revised plans submitted in May do not include Field & Stream, a specialty store owned by Dick's that carries outdoor equipment, including hunting, fishing, archery and camping supplies.

The city issued a permit for the original plans, which were revised and submitted again in May by CBL. The company has declined to comment on new tenants at the mall. Dick's has not responded to requests for comment.

After the school shooting in Parkland, Florida in February, Dick's announced that it would no longer sell assault-style rifles or "modern sporting rifles" at its Field & Stream stores. "We will no longer sell firearms or ammunition to anyone under 21 years of age. We will no longer sell high capacity magazines," the company said in a statement, in which it called on elected officials "to enact common sense gun reform."

Macy's occupied more than 170,000 square feet in the mall. According to CBL's plans submitted to the city, it does not appear that the company has plans for at least 50,000 square feet of the former Macy's space, which included a second floor.

CBL plans to construct a new building in the parking lot adjacent to Macy's for two new stores, according to plans filed with the city. HomeGoods and Five Below are listed as the future tenants.

HomeGoods, which is owned by the same company as Marshall's and TJ Maxx, will be just over 20,000 square feet. The off-price retailer sells bedding, decorations and other home furnishings.

Five Below, a discount chain that sells all items for $5 or less, is expected to fill about 8,400 square feet, according to the most recent plans.

The overall project is valued at $10.8 million, according to Building Official Boyd Meier.

CBL has not provided the city with a timeline for starting construction or opening the stores. Meier said.